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Are there any active duty real estate agents?If so, do you have any tips for starting out or pitfalls to watch out for?Thanks!
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Good morning,I've been wholesaling for several months and have so far been working using the more "conventional" methods - marketing for motivated sellers, negotiating with the seller, and then assigning the P&S ...
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Not nearly as extreme as Vancouver BC, a 2.5 hour to the north in Canada but still...its to the point of unaffordable for your average family. I once remember looking at a fixer on top of queen ann hill a house that w...
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Hi Everyone, My name is Shawn and I'm new to real estate investing. I am curious your thoughts as to whether it makes more sense to pay down all of my student loans, invest, or a mix of both. Currently, my wife and I ...
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I am looking for my first house and have an interest in building a multifamily portfolio. As I'm looking on Zillow for an idea on prices of local houses, I see a lot of foreclosure homes that I like and have listed on...
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Hello BP, first blog post! I've purchased one rental property so far, and I used the traditional approach of hiring an agent. In a sense I felt cheated because my agent had to do minimal work, yet still collected the ...
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Hello, I’ve recently been digging into real estate as I’ve found out about it through the Real Estate Rookie podcast, I finished all 32 episodes in one week and am now listening to the main podcast currently on Ep. 25...
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Hey everyone. So today I stumbled upon my first potential deal. It is a single family home and I feel as if it has potential as a flip. It is an unlisted property that the owner is looking to get out. It needs some wo...
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Hello all,I am looking forward to doing some small direct mail campaigns (No more than 300 letters at a time for now) in cities I believe could have distress potential local to me. I live in Whittier, CA and would be ...
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I've been researching the rules on guest houses, in-laws etc when it comes to building these. Looking at the ordinance for guest houses from the City if Phoenix, (below) #2 seems to say you can't advertise them for r...